Ditlev Blunck, Danish-German
FUN FACT: In Playboy’s Early Days, the Bunny Itself Did a Lot of the Recruiting, 1846
Oil on canvas
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/// Baby demon sits on Runa’s chest.
Her erotic subconscious expressed
as part feline, part hare,
and part human Nightmare.
(First was Füssli, but Blunck did it best.)
/// In her dream, Runa isn’t oppressed.
Seems impassioned but not very stressed.
That she’s partly undressed
by her “guest” would suggest
she has longings which have been suppressed.
/// Some say scenes like this illustrate deep
fears of apnea disrupting sleep.
Will that imp still her breath
causing nightmarish death?
(No, it’s painted for gawkers to peep.)